KAUST From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 91 posts, RR: 27 Posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2307 times:
My apologies if this belongs in the Space and Military forum. In the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon, how did they produce the weightlessness? (Which was obviously authentic.) Was it done in the Weightless Wonders (Vomit Comet) aircraft, ala Apollo 13? Or something method? (Heck, maybe they were all method actors and really want into space?)
Thanks!
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Cadet985 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 1416 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2294 times:
Quoting KAUST (Thread starter): Was it done in the Weightless Wonders (Vomit Comet) aircraft, ala Apollo 13?
I would assume that this is how it was done. Tom Hanks worked on From the Earth to the Moon, and NASA was very willing to help out after Apollo 13, which turned into a huge smash at the box office. As far as I know, this is the best way of recreating weightlessness on Earth,
KAUST From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 91 posts, RR: 27 Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2281 times:
Thanks Cadet. This is what I'd presumed as well.
However, the shots in this mini-series were so large-panned. They seemed to get an awful lot of set in one shot, meaning the interior of those 707 W.W.'s must be much larger than I'd been imagining!
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ANITIX87 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 3238 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2227 times:
Quoting KAUST (Reply 2): They seemed to get an awful lot of set in one shot, meaning the interior of those 707 W.W.'s must be much larger than I'd been imagining!
Or they lined the interior of the aircraft with green felt (Green screen!).
I've always been curious to do those weightless flights but with how motion sick I get, it probably wouldn't be a good idea. Nobody wants to see floating vomit.
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BlackProjects From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2007, 756 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2159 times:
Apollo info galore
The Zero G video was shot inside a VOMIT COMET as it allowed Zero wires to be required to support the actors!
Alfa75 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 612 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2123 times:
We never went to the Moon so it was all done on sound stages.
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